#79B6CC#79B6CC

#79B6CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.070 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79B6CC
RGBrgb(121, 182, 204)
HSLhsl(196, 45%, 64%)
HSVhsv(196, 41%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(40.7%, 10.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(70.79, -13.97, -17.31)
CIE-LCHlch(70.79, 22.25, 231.10°)
OKLaboklab(74.26% -0.0516 -0.0476)
OKLCHoklch(74.26% 0.07 222.7)
XYZxyz(35.5084, 41.8781, 63.3272)
Luminance0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79B6CC #CC8F79
analogous
#79CCB8 #79B6CC #798CCC
triadic
#79B6CC #CC79B6 #B6CC79
tetradic
#79B6CC #B879CC #CC8F79 #8CCC79
square
#79B6CC #B879CC #CC8F79 #8CCC79
split-complementary
#79B6CC #CC798C #CCB879
monochromatic
#387B93 #4D9EBB #79B6CC #A5CEDD #D2E6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24
#79B6CC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38
#79B6CC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B6CC
9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79B6CC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79B6CC1.002.249.389.38
#FFFFFF2.241.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3821.001.001.00
##0000009.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A9B3CD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9DA9CC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#57BDBD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79b6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 182, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.070 222.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ccdb',
    500: '#79b6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79b6cc;
$custom-light: #a3ccdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79b6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.904,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74264,
    "c": 0.07027,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79B6CC
secondary
#DFCAC2
accent
#522DB8
background
#FAFCFD
surface
#F4F8FB
border
#CED1D4
text
#0F1315
muted
#7F8283

Preview Lab

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#79B6CC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva